By Wael Mahdi
Saudi Arabia will allow households to produce solar energy and sell any surplus electricity back to the power grid starting July 1.
Consumers can install a photovoltaic solar system with capacity limited to no more than 2 megawatts and not less than 1 kilowatt, according to rules listed in the official government newspaper Um al-Qura. The systems must be connected to the power grid.
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